Caulfield Cup

The Caulfield Cup is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under handicap conditions, although the Melbourne Racing Club is in the process of turning the race into weight for age (WFA) conditions.[1] This is for all horses aged three years old and older. It takes place over a distance of 2400 metres at the Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in mid October. The prize money is A$5,000,000.[2]

Caulfield Cup
Group 1 race
1954 & 1955 winner Rising Fast
LocationCaulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated1879
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
SponsorStella Artois (2018)
Race information
Distance2,400 metres (1.5 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationHorses three years old and older
WeightHandicap
Purse$5,000,000 (2018)
BonusesWinner ballot exemption from the Melbourne Cup

History

The race has become one of Australia's richest Thoroughbred horse races. The race is held annually in October on the third day and final day of the Melbourne Racing Club Spring Carnival. Performances in the Caulfield Cup are one of the possible qualification methods for a run in the Melbourne Cup which is held 16 days later.

1932 winner – Rogilla George Robinson.
1906 & 1907 winner – Poseidon.
1930 winner – Amounis Harold Jones.
1931 winner – Denis Boy Andy Knox.

During World War II the race was run at Flemington Racecourse and in 1943 the race was run in divisions.[3]

Race qualification

The field is limited to 18 starters with four emergency entries which is decided by a ballot system. The prize money, wins and placings in lead up races are among the major factors that determine the eligibility of a horse. Automatic entry is awarded to winners of the Toorak Handicap, Herbert Power Stakes and the Mornington Cup.[4]

Distance
  • 1879–1971 - 1​1⁄2 miles (~2400 metres)
  • 1972 onwards - 2400 metres

Grade
  • 1879–1978 - Principal Race
  • 1979 onwards - Group 1

Dual Winners

The following thoroughbreds have won two Caulfield Cups.

  • Paris (1892) and (1894), Hymettus (1898) and (1901), Poseidon (1906) and (1907), Uncle Sam (1912) and (1914), Whittier (1922) and (1925), Rising Fast (1954) and (1955), with Ming Dynasty (1977) and (1980), the last horse to do so.

Cups Double wins

The following thoroughbreds have won the Cups Double: Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup in the same year.

Notable runnings
  • Australian Test cricketer Clem Hill was the handicapper for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club (VATC) and responsible for setting the weights for the Caulfield Cup from 1937 to 1943.
  • Jockey Scobie Breasley rode the winner of four consecutive Caulfield Cups from 1942 to 1945. This included a division of the 1943 race, which was run in two divisions. He also holds the record for most wins by a jockey of the race - five wins.[4]
  • Trainer Bart Cummings holds the record for training Caulfield Cup winners with seven - Galilee, Big Philou, Leilani, Ming Dynasty (twice), Let's Elope and Viewed.[4]
  • 2014 Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti died after his run in the Melbourne Cup from natural causes.[6]
  • Horses trained outside Australia and New Zealand have been participating in the race since 1998. Six have won the race. They are Taufan's Melody (1998) for British trainer Lady Herries, All the Good (2008) and Best Solution (2018) for Saeed bin Suroor of the Godolphin stables, Dunaden (2012) for French trainer Mikel Delzangles, Admire Rakti (2014) for Japanese trainer Tomoyuki Umeda and Mer De Glace (2019) for Japanese trainer Hisashi Shimizu.
  • The worst race fall in Australian history occurred at the 1885 Caulfield Cup when 15 of the 44 horses competing fell as they turned onto the straight, resulting in the death of 25-year-old jockey Donald Nicholson.[7]
  • In 2007, Maldivian and Eskimo Queen were late scratchings. Maldivian, shortest price favourite for 41 years, misbehaved and injured himself in the starting stalls, frightening second priced favourite Eskimo Queen who for a time was trapped beneath the stalls.[8][9] The race started almost nine minutes late.

1934 racebook
  • Front cover of the 1934 VATC Caulfield Cup racebook.
  • Inside cover showing raceday officials.
  • Starters and results of the 1934 Caulfield Cup racebook showing the winner, Journal.
  • Starters and results of the 1934 Caulfield Cup racebook.
  • Back cover showing entrance gate charges.

Winners


Key:
† Run in divisions[3]
¶ Won by Protest[4]
‡ Dead heat

  • 1886 winner – Ben Bolt.
    Drawing by Samuel Calvert
  • 1912 & 1914 winner – Uncle Sam.
  • 1915 winner – Lavendo.

Sponsorship

In March 2015, BMW Australia and the Melbourne Racing Club announced a reunion in partnership, effective as of August 1, 2015[48] after the eight-year partnership ended in 2014.

See also

References
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  47. Called 'Whisper' the horse Jack West is supposed to have rigged to win the Cup, according to Frank Hardy 's novel Power Without Glory.
  48. "BMW partners MRC for 2015 Caulfield Cup Carnival". www.horseracingshares.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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